Got tracking for my 8 core, but where does it ship from

Oddly, Apple updated the status of my Mac pro "ocho" with a tracking number yesterday (4-25-07), but the tracking number was generated for 4-26-07. I notice that it's being shipped using FedEx express service coming out of SHENZHEN CN (China.) My question is where exactly are Mac Pro's built? And, has that always been the case, or different in this event since it was customized?

Oddly, Apple updated the status of my Mac pro "ocho" with a tracking number yesterday (4-25-07), but the tracking number was generated for 4-26-07. I notice that it's being shipped using FedEx express service coming out of SHENZHEN CN. My question is where exactly are Mac Pro's built? And, has that always been the case, or different in this event since it was customized?

That's weird. I live in London and mine is coming from Cork, Ireland. Surely they'd save a few tons of CO2 if they could supply the East cost of America from Ireland as well. The west coast could be served from california

My friend in the Apple plant here in Ireland told me it supplys mainly Ireland, Britain and parts of Europe. He also told me that they mainly make just desktop machines like Imacs and Macpro's. I must ask him again

I think the Irish plant assembles just PowerMacs - my G4 was assembled there. I'm pretty sure everything else other than powermacs comes entirely from China - for UK Apple store customers it's airfreighted first to Holland or Germany then to Stansted and finally by road to the customer.

I notice that it's being shipped using FedEx express service coming out of SHENZHEN CN (China.) My question is where exactly are Mac Pro's built? And, has that always been the case, or different in this event since it was customized?

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The answer is in your question... Shenzhen, China.

Macs (laptops and desktops) sold in the US and Canada have always been made in China by Quanta and FoxConn (Hon Hai). The Ireland plant makes Macs (maybe only Mac Pros) for Europe only. Sometimes they have a few in stock in California (but these are still built in China), likely they keep only a few in stock and when stock runs out they ship directly from China. My Mac Pro shipped from Rancho Cordova, California this time, but I bet if I look at where it was built, it'll say China. My PowerMac G5 shipped from Shenzen China.

It's been several years since Macs were made in California.

And by the way, your Mac Pro will stop in Alaska, and then head south from there.

Macs (laptops and desktops) sold in the US and Canada have always been made in China by Quanta and FoxConn (Hon Hai). The Ireland plant makes Macs (maybe only Mac Pros) for Europe only. Sometimes they have a few in stock in California (but these are still built in China), likely they keep only a few in stock and when stock runs out they ship directly from China. My Mac Pro shipped from Rancho Cordova, California this time, but I bet if I look at where it was built, it'll say China. My PowerMac G5 shipped from Shenzen China.

It's been several years since Macs were made in California.

And by the way, your Mac Pro will stop in Alaska, and then head south from there.

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My Mac Pro was built in week 50 of 2006 (December) and was shipped from Bloomington, CA (built in factory G8, which should be in the US)...

My Mac Pro shipped from Rancho Cordova, California this time, but I bet if I look at where it was built, it'll say China. My PowerMac G5 shipped from Shenzen China.

It's been several years since Macs were made in California.

And by the way, your Mac Pro will stop in Alaska, and then head south from there.

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From the code on my serial number (not CN), my mac pro was assembled in the US (see my earlier post). The label (the label is customized for your bto mac pro including serial numbers, configuration, and mac addresses) states:
"Designed by Apple in California
Computer Assembled in U.S.A.,
Other Items as Marked Thereon"

From the code on my serial number (not CN), my mac pro was assembled in the US (see my earlier post). The label (the label is customized for your bto mac pro including serial numbers, configuration, and mac addresses) states:
"Designed by Apple in California
Computer Assembled in U.S.A.,
Other Items as Marked Thereon"

(the other items referring to the mouse, keyboard, etc.).

cheers.

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Yeah, my Mac Pro says that too! I thought they shut down their US plant years ago.

Yeah, my Mac Pro says that too! I thought they shut down their US plant years ago.

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I had assumed that, as well. I'm not sure if any other models are assembled in the US, though (iMac?). I think that I may have seen someone posting of a Cork assembled Mac Pro in the US. My guess is that they deliver some from overseas when supplies make it more cost effective (than delaying orders). Or maybe it has something to do with BTO options? Mine was also ordered through the academic institution (not the one for individual academic users) store. All the laptops are assembled in China, I believe.

Production year: 1997
Production week: 15 (April)
Production number: 10 (within this week)

Curious as to why my production year is 1997.... everything else seems to be right.

My Mac Pro shipped directly from California to Austin, TX.

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There must be a mistake in the algorithm. That's pretty funny. Bet you didn't know you got a 10 year old computer! . My guess is that it was updated last year and hasn't been corrected for the change in year (somewhere I have seen a detailed explanation of what each part of the serial number corresponds to; the first two characters refer to the factory, the rest...). My build date certainly seemed pretty good since it was built in week 50 and shipped in week 52, including the fact that the holidays were mixed in then. My ordering had been a nightmare since the budget office initially rejected the purchase justification (the department was using the same justification for each computer purchase, which they finally caught on to). And then the box sat in the office for a couple of weeks because my phone number wasn't in the University directory (Doh!).

Apple's Elk Grove facility was at one time a manufacturing plant tasked with churning out models of the company's bulbous bondi blue iMacs and Power Mac systems. After relinquishing production completely to the Taiwanese in the late 90's, Apple shifted Elk Grove into a general purposes facility, which now handles, shipping, sorting, returns and an assortment of other corporate tasks.

I believe that this article is only partially true. I have read elsewhere that they moved some assembly from Northern California (e.g. Elk Grove) to Southern California (which Bloomington would qualify as). Now, assembly doesn't really mean a whole lot, since almost every part in there is probably made in China, or elsewhere (like a lot of "domestic" cars). Don't know if any of the iMacs are assembled in the US anymore (but I wouldn't be surprised if they're not).

It must cost Apple a fortune to make their machines here in Ireland. Cause everything here is oh so expensive. Altho it's pretty handy for them to get the Intel equipment with there fab here in Ireland too

It must cost Apple a fortune to make their machines here in Ireland. Cause everything here is oh so expensive. Altho it's pretty handy for them to get the Intel equipment with there fab here in Ireland too

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When i visited Ireland last year (awesome country, btw), i learned a lot of interesting things about the recent history.

For those who don't know, Ireland has had a massive economic turn around in the last decade or so, and is now one of the most expensive countries in Europe. Quite the change from the international image of poor potato farmers! From what i gathered, this was in a large part due to some very clever corporate tax structures. The gov't made it very cheap for large (esp tech) companies to set up shop. This resulted in a lot of the major tech players settling in, bringing lots of jobs to the generally young and tech-savvy population. That's why Intel also has a fab there, eh?

So, whatever the general costs may be, they are likely offset by gov't tax breaks that keep them in-country.

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